Practice Test
Straight to Advanced
READING AND USE OF ENGLISH
READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 1 hour 30 minutes
Part 1
For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
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A
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defensive
B
C
disapproving
D
resistant
rebellious
A
B
C
D
Is all change good?
It is a commonly held belief that as people get older, they become (0)
to change. Their complaints
that things used to be better in the past or that some new development is no good can be (1)
inevitable thoughts of people who simply don’t like change and are therefore unable to (2)
as the
the benefits
of progress.
But is this automatically true? Are the views of an older person on a new development always to be
(3)
? This would suggest that every new development must be a good one and surely that cannot
logically be the (4)
.
Take architecture for example. In the 1950s and 1960s, many older British people were (5)
of the new concrete housing blocks that suddenly (6)
critical
up in cities, saying that they were ugly and
depressing places to live in. They were told that they were simply being old-fashioned and that they were
(7)
of appreciating the advantages of these new buildings, which had replaced the streets of small
houses that they were familiar with. (8)
decades later, these very same blocks were being demolished,
as new generations decided they were both ugly and bad for society.
1
A
discriminated
B
dismissed
C
disposed
D
declined
2
A
see
B
follow
C
3
A
omitted
B
refused
C
catch
D
credit
eliminated
D
4
A
fact
B
matter
disregarded
C
point
D
case
5
A
highly
B
6
A
burst
B
vastly
C
truly
D
fully
sprang
C
jumped
D
7
A
imperfect
leapt
B
unfit
C
incapable
D
disqualified
8
A
Whereas
B
Despite
C
Yet
D
While
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